[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 12]
[House]
[Pages 17199-17200]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                      PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

  Under clause 2 of rule XII, public bills and resolutions were 
introduced and severally referred, as follows:

           By Mr. BARTON of Texas (for himself, Mr. Nethercutt, 
             Mr. Rush, Mr. Oxley, and Mr. Terry):
       H.R. 2576. A bill to establish the Drug Abuse Prevention 
     and Treatment Administration, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on 
     Education and the Workforce, and Banking and Financial 
     Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
     Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as 
     fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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           By Mrs. CUBIN:
       H.R. 2577. A bill to authorize the development and 
     maintenance of a multi-agency campus project in the town of 
     Jackson, Wyoming; to the Committee on Resources.
           By Mr. EHLERS (for himself and Mr. Hoekstra):
       H.R. 2578. A bill to amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
     Development Act to allow business and industry guaranteed 
     loans to be made for farmer-owned projects that add value to 
     or process agricultural products; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
           By Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Capuano, 
             Mr. Luther, Mr. Inslee, Ms. Pelosi, and Mr. 
             McGovern):
       H.R. 2579. A bill to impose restrictions on the sale of 
     cigars; to the Committee on Commerce.
           By Mr. GREENWOOD (for himself, Mr. Hall of Texas, Mr. 
             Ganske, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Moran of 
             Virginia, Mr. Roemer, Mr. Martinez, Mr. Traficant, 
             Mr. Clay, Mr. Shows, Mr. Peterson of Minnesota, Mr. 
             Ehrlich, Mr. Gillmor, Mr. Pickering, Mr. Upton, Mr. 
             Shimkus, and Mr. Burr of North Carolina):
       H.R. 2580. A bill to encourage the creation, development, 
     and enhancement of State response programs for contaminated 
     sites, removing existing Federal barriers to the cleanup of 
     brownfield sites, and cleaning up and returning contaminated 
     sites to economically productive or other beneficial uses; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committee 
     on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be 
     subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
     consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
     jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
           By Mrs. MEEK of Florida:
       H.R. 2581. A bill to amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act 
     and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to ensure the safety 
     of imported meat and poultry products; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
           By Mr. NADLER:
       H.R. 2582. A bill to eliminate a limitation with respect to 
     the collection of tolls for use of the Verrazano Narrows 
     Bridge, New York; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota:
       H.R. 2583. A bill to provide a temporary exception for 
     certain Minnesota counties from the limitation on the 
     percentage of cropland that may be enrolled in the 
     conservation reserve and wetlands reserve programs; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture.
           By Mr. SAXTON:
       H.R. 2584. A bill to amend the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 
     1995; to the Committee on International Relations.
           By Mr. RYUN of Kansas:
       H. Res. 259. A resolution supporting the goals and ideals 
     of the Olympics; to the Committee on International Relations.

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